Rope-adjusting device



(No Model.) I

v J. BRAYSHAW. ROPE ADJUSTING DEVICE.

Patented Oct 12, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PAT T OFF CE.

IJAMEs BRAYSHAW, or WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

ROPE-ADJUSTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Ala 591,450, dated October 12, 1897.

Application filed February 19, 1897. Serial No. 624,246. (No model 3 To otZZ whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, JAMES BRAYSHAW, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Weymouth, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Rope-Adjusting Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is the construc tion of asimplified and efiective means whereby' the rope supporting a hammock or other article can be readily fastened and easily adjusted in its length.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of my complete invention and of aportion of an object being supported thereby. Fig. 2 is a detail view, full size, of the casting forming the main part of my invention. Fig. 3 is a viewof the hook for attaching the rope to the hammock. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the casting forming the main portion of the invention, and Fig. 5 illustrates a substitute form of the knotted rope.

In Fig. 1, H indicates one end of a hammock or other object which it may be desired to support, and h is the ring to which the cords of the hammock are attached.

L indicates the limb of a tree or any other fixed body to which it may be'desired to hang the hammock. 1

C is a hook by which to engage the ring it,

and c is an eye at the base of said hook. Said hook is shown full size in Fig. 3.

The main portion of my rope-adjusting device consists of the casting A. (Shown in Fig. 2.) This casting I term the governor, because it governs or controls the length of the rope by which thehammock is to be supported. This governor is formed with the two clamp eyes a and a single open but lengthy slot a. between said eyes. Although I have called this governor a casting, it should be formed of malleable iron to insure against breaking; but it may be either a malleable casting or aforging. The eyes a should be only slightly. larger than the rope with which the governor is to be used, and they should be elongated somewhat in order thatwhen the knotted end of the rope by its pull against the slotted end of the governor cants the same into the position shown in Fig. 4 said eyes shall be thereby clamped firmly adjusting device is to'catch the hook 0 upon the hammock-ring h, throw the knotted end I) over the limb of a tree, as L, or over a hook,

ted end or head 1) down between the sections of the rope at b The double-eyed end of the governor is then moved along therope toward the hook C until the desired degree of tension is reached, and nothing more remains to be done, for, as previously described, the pull of the knotted end b upon the slotted end of the governor at once clamps the same in position on the rope and all is secure. To unfasten the rope, all that needs to be done is to thrust the hand between the ropesections b seize the head b, and pull it up and out from the slot d. Then of course the loop passed about the tree-limb L is at once wholly free of the same. Among other advantages which I derive from my arrangement are these: There being two strands of rope instead of one alone, as in most other fastenin gs of the kind, there can be no twisting of the rope,,and consequently the hammock supported thereby retains its shape much better than in the case of the single strand. Further, my fastening device is easily operated and adjusted and is almost sure in. its freedom from breaking.

Although I have described the rope as at.- tached to the ring h by means of the hook 0, this latter part is not absolutely essential to my adjusting device, for the reason that there are other well-known ways of fastening a rope to a ring or other object without the use of a hook. This hook is, however, an exceedingly post, or other object, and then pass the knot- What I claim as my invention, and for said slot, substantially as and for the purpose [0 which I desire to secure Letters Patent, is as set forth.

follows, to wit: In testimony that I claim the foregoing in- The substantially U shaped governor vention I have hereunto set my hand and seal formed with the long open slot, (1', and havthis 17th day of February, in the year 1897.

ing the eyes, a, one on each side of the mouth JAMES BRAYSHA\V. [L. s] of said open slot,in combination with the rope, \Vitnesses:

13, passed through both of said eyes, and hav- A. B. UPHAM,

iug knotted ends adapted to be engaged in MARY U. UPHAM. 

